HC110: Privacy & Confidentiality

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HC110: Privacy & Confidentiality

By National Community Reinvestment Coalition Training Academy

Date and time

Friday, September 19, 2014 · 8:30am - 2:30pm EDT

Location

Atlanta

The Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel 4736 Best Road Atlanta, GA 30337

Refund Policy

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Description

HC110: Privacy & Confidentiality

September 19, 2014

(Fri 8:30am-2:30pm)

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Course Description and Learning Objectives:

This one-day course will provide staff of Housing Counseling Agencies with training designed to inform participants of the requirements for practices protecting the privacy and confidentiality of consumers, and the way in which consumer information, communication, files, and records, individually or in aggregate, must be maintained in accordance with the HUD Handbook 7610.1.

The course will also cover provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Privacy Act), which sets the national standards for the security of electronic protected health information.

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, the participants will be able to:

  • Understand the privacy and confidentiality requirements as described in the HUD Handbook 7610.1 (the underlying and flow-through obligations).
  • Learn how to avoid misuse or abuse of access to sensitive consumer information, apparent or appearance of conflicts of interest, unauthorized external access to client information, and internal access to unauthorized persons.
  • Understand the provisions of HIPAA and who is required to comply with them.
  • Identify best practices for the facilitation of client information sharing in accordance with HIPAA, Security Laws, Privacy Act of 1974, and Freedom of Information Act regulations.

This training accounts for 2 CEUs

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Registration

If you or someone you know may be interested in participating in this training, please note the registration deadline for this training has been extended to Friday, September 12, 2014.

After you register you will receive a confirmation email containing additional information on this training.

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Scholarship

NCRC’s Training Academy provides scholarships to individuals in the housing counseling profession with an avenue for increasing their knowledge and expertise, thereby enabling them to better assist their clients. By attending these trainings, participants will gain tools and resources to take back to their communities to utilize with their clients.

NCRC is offering a limited number of scholarships to assist organizations that have a financial need and would like to send staff to attend the Atlanta Series Training. Participation is open to all not-for-profit organizations and state or local agencies that provide housing counseling services. This training is provided by the NCRC Training Academy under a grant from the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development Office of Housing Counseling.

If your organization is experiencing hardship and is in need of travel or lodging assistance in the amount of $300 maximum per applicant, you may be eligible for a travel or lodging scholarship.

The deadline for scholarship applications was on Friday, August 15, 2014. We are no longer accepting scholarship applications for this training series at this time.

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Hotel Reservations

The Training Academy has a room block at the lovely Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel with the discounted rate of $129. Rooms are available on a first come first serve basis. It is imperative that hotel arrangements are made in a timely fashion after you receive your registration confirmation. Please only make your room reservation if you are certain you will be attending this course due to limited availability.

In order to receive this rate, you will need to first register for this training, and then make your reservation before Monday, September 1, 2014.

You will receive more details on how to make your reservation after you register.

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Meet & Greet

We will be hosting a Meet & Greet on Monday, September 15th 2014 at 5:30 pm. This will give our attendees the opportunity to network and get to know one another. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available.

More details will be given after registering for this class.

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Cancellation Policy

Our trainings require a $50.00 non-refundable registration fee. Refunds will only be issued for participants who inadvertently registered for an incorrect course or an unforeseen documented emergency.

To initiate a cancellation and refund for the registration fee, students must contact NCRC’s Training Manager Andrea Porter-Lee at aporter_lee@ncrc.org for additional information.

We must receive your written cancellation more than 45 days in advance. NCRC’s Training Academy reserves the right to cancel any session with insufficient enrollment. We strongly suggest that you do not make nonrefundable airline reservations without a course confirmation.

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Atlanta Series

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition Training Academy is offering a series of comprehensive housing counseling trainings to professional staff affiliated with HUD Certified Counseling Agencies.

The Atlanta Training series is from Monday, September 15 through Friday, September 19, 2014.

To learn more about the other trainings offered in this series, please click to view the registration pages below.

http://hc108-hud-housing-counseling-program-requirements.eventbrite.com

http://hc109-managing-and-curing-mortgage-delinquencies.eventbrite.com

Please note registrants must choose course dates that do not conflict.

If you have any questions feel free to contact Nsonye Anarado (Training Specialist) at

202-524-4883 or nanarado@ncrc.org.


~SEE YOU IN ATLANTA!~


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